According to data compiled by the tech and engineering career hub Dice.com, Portland was the sixth fastest-growing city for technology jobs last year, up 29 percent from the previous year. Much of the growth in the city is coming from the cloud and virtualization sectors, says Dice.

Tech Salaries jumped, too, up 12 percent in 2011 to $82,000.

The news comes a few days after Business Journal Research Editor Tam Jenkins wrote that Intel Corp., Microchip Technology Inc., TriQuint Semiconductor, FEI Co., EthicsPoint and a slew of other tech firms were planning to hire in 2012.